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Uwrran STATES;

ALBION DYKE, OF NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JERE K.SULLIVAN, OF SAME PLACE.

SADDLETREE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 490,552, dated January24, 1893.

Application filed October 6, 1891. Serial No. 407,948. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBION DYKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newport, in the county of Newport and State of Rhode Island,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saddletrees, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to a tree which when made up into a finishedsaddle affords easy means for detaching any of the lighter or morefragile parts for the purpose of making repairs when necessary, with theleast possible amount of ripping apart the cloth or harness of thesaddle.

My saidinvention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a front view and Fig. 2 a planof my invention. Figs. 3 and 4 show the peculiar shape of the crupperloop-Fig. 5 isapart sectional View through the center of the seatandFig. 6 is a plan of the turret seat.

Referring to Fig. 5 it will be seen that my invention consists of acheck hook A. connected with the seat B by the screw to and the hookedprojection a. The space between the hook and the seat in the drawings isoccupied in the finished harness by the leather covering of the seat sothat the hook is designed to be screwed firmly down to the seat andbecome a fixed part of it. The check hook also carries the book A whichholds in place the common roll. The seat B has a lug 1) near the backend which lug is tapped out to receive the tap screw b. This screw b hasa big head so as to cover the bottom of the lug b and the hole in thetree through which I) is passed and obtains a firm bearing on the bottomof the tree in the recess 1). The recess 1)" serves to keep the screwhead up away from contact with the .horse when the saddle is in use.

Near the forward end of the tree is a hole a" the front side of whichconforms to the shape of the hook to so that when the parts are puttogether as above described and the screws set firmly, the whole isrigidly connected.

The crupper loop 0 in addition to being held by the lug b passingthrough therhole c is made as shown in Figs. 4: and 5 so as to hook intoa recess made for it in the tree. This part of my invention especiallyfacilitates replacing the check hook or crupper loop after the harnessis made up 3 as these parts usually break when the harness is subjectedto any violent strain. To replace them it is only necessary to rip thepad at the point B. Fig. 1. just enough to insert a screw driver. Thenslack and remove the screw b and liftoff the seat B. then the crupperloop or check hook can be removed or renewed and the whole replacedagain.

The saddletree is cast with the channel D running the whole length sothat the back band is one continuous piece and has chance to slip in thechannel when unusually strained on one side or the other without gallingthe horse.

At E and E are bridges over the channel having the holes F F. in them toreceive the foot of the turrets.

9 (Fig. 6) is a latch pivoted at g and intended to-be operated by a seatawl through the hole f.

The foot of the turret is formed of the hook e and a striker e for thelatch g to lock with. To insert a turret at any timethe latch g isshoved back. then the foot of the turret is inserted and the hookeshoved under the bridge at e to a firm bearingthen a seat awl can berun through the hole fand the latch g be worked into position.

The bridge E is raised higher in casting than the main body of thetreesee the arrows h. h in Fig. 1and is designed to be just thethickness of the jockey so that the turret may be seated firmly on themetal and the base of the turret being slightly larger than the raisedportion of the bridge holds the leather in place and makes a finishedappearance to the saddle; the jockey being cut away so as to fit snuglyaround the raised part of the bridge. This mode of fastening the turretbrings the two parts of metal in contact so that a firm joint is securedand it is obvious that there can be no turning or twisting of the turreton its seat as is usual with most saddles after a short time in use.

which is coincident therewith, a screw engagi n g said lug, a check-hooksecured to said seat and provided with a hooked-prcj ection engaging thehole in said seat and the hole in the saddle tree which is coincidenttherewith, substantially as described.

ALBION DYKE. "itnesses:

K. E. GRINNELL, THOMAS KIERAN.

